Exodus 5:3 — all translations

American Standard Version (1901)

And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days’ journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice unto Jehovah our God, lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.

ASV Byzantine Text

And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days’ journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice unto Jehovah our God, lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.

Asang Khongca Bible

To naah nihnik mah, Hebru kaminawk ih Sithaw mah kaihnik hae tongh boeh; ni thumto caehhaih praezaek ah, kaimacae ih Angraeng Sithaw khaeah, angbawnhaih sak hanah, na caeh o sak ah; to tih ai nahaeloe kaicae nuiah nathaih maw, to ai boeh loe sumsen hoiah maw na thuitaek moeng tih, tiah a naa hoi.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Te phoeiah, “Hebrew rhoek kah Pathen loh kaimih te n'doe. Longpuei hnin thum caeh kah khosoek ah ka cet uh mai eh. BOEIPA ka Pathen te ka nawn uh pawn eh. Kaimih he duektahaw neh, cunghang neh n'cuuk tarha ve,” a ti nah rhoi.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Te phoeiah, “Hebrew rhoek kah Pathen loh kaimih te n'doe. Longpuei hnin thum caeh kah khosoek ah ka cet uh mai eh. BOEIPA ka Pathen te ka nawn uh pawn eh. Kaimih he duektahaw neh, cunghang neh n'cuuk tarha ve,” a ti nah rhoi.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

I aku la laua, ua halawai mai me makou ke Akua o ka poe Hebera; no ia mea, e hookuu oe ia makou e hele i ka waonahele, i kahi ekolu la hiki, e kaumaha aku ai na Iehova o ko makou Akua, o kau mai ia maluna o makou i ke ahulau a me ka pahikaua.

English Berean Standard Bible

“The God of the Hebrews has met with us,” they answered. “Please let us go on a three-day journey into the wilderness to sacrifice to the LORD our God, or He may strike us with plagues or with the sword.”

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Moyiz ak Arawon di l': -Bondye ebre yo te parèt devan nou. Tanpri, kite n al fè yon ti vwayaj nan dezè a. Lè n'a fin mache pandan twa jou, n'a rete pou n' touye bèt n'ap ofri bay Seyè a, Bondye nou an. Si nou pa fè sa, l'a voye move maladi sou nou, osinon l'a fè nou mouri nan lagè.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Dixeruntque: Deus Hebræorum vocavit nos, ut eamus viam trium dierum in solitudinem, et sacrificemus Domino Deo nostro: ne forte accidat nobis pestis aut gladius.

Bible in Basic English

And they said, The God of the Hebrews has come to us: let us then go three days' journey into the waste land to make an offering to the Lord our God, so that he may not send death on us by disease or the sword.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Et ils dirent : Le Dieu des Hébreux s’est rencontré avec nous. Nous te prions, laisse-nous aller le chemin de trois jours dans le désert, et que nous sacrifiions à l’ Éternel, notre Dieu ; de peur qu’il ne se jette sur nous par la peste ou par l’épée.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

I řekli: Bůh Hebrejský potkal se s námi. Nechť medle jdeme cestou tří dní na poušť, a obětujeme Hospodinu Bohu našemu, aby nedopustil na nás moru neb meče.

Kosraean Bible

Moses ac Aaron topkol, “God lun mwet Hebrew El sikme nu sesr. Lela nu sesr kut in fahsr ke len tolu nu yen mwesis in oru mwe kisa lasr nu sin LEUM GOD lasr. Kut fin tia oru, El ac fah unikuti ke mas ku ke mweun.”

World Portuguese Bible

Eles disseram: “O Deus dos hebreus veio ao nosso encontro. Por favor, deixe-nos ir a uma jornada de três dias no deserto, e oferecer sacrifícios ao SENHOR, nosso Deus, para que ele não venha sobre nós com peste ou com espada.”

Romanian BTF Bible

Iar ei au spus: Dumnezeul evreilor s-a întâlnit cu noi; lasă-ne să mergem, te rugăm, într-o călătorie de trei zile în deșert și să sacrificăm DOMNULUI Dumnezeul nostru, ca nu cumva el să cadă asupra noastră cu ciumă sau cu sabie.

Brenton English Septuagint

And they say to him, The God of the Hebrews has called us to him: we will go therefore a three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God, lest at any time death or slaughter happen to us.

Burmese Common Language Bible

သူတို့က``ဟေဗြဲအမျိုးသားတို့၏ဘုရား ကို အကျွန်ုပ်တို့ဖူးတွေ့ခဲ့ရပြီ။ အကျွန်ုပ်တို့ ၏ဘုရားသခင်ထာဝရဘုရားအားယဇ် ပူဇော်နိုင်ရန် တောကန္တာရသို့သုံးရက်ခရီး သွားခွင့်ပေးတော်မူပါ။ အကျွန်ုပ်တို့သည် ထိုဝတ်ကိုမပြုရလျှင်ဘုရားသခင်သည် အကျွန်ုပ်တို့အားရောဂါဘေးသို့မဟုတ် ဋ္ဌားဘေးသင့်စေပါမည်'' ဟုလျှောက်ကြ၏။

Darby Translation

And they said, The God of the Hebrews has met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Jehovah our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence or with sword.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Und sie sprachen: Der Gott der Hebräer ist uns begegnet. Laß uns doch drei Tagereisen weit in die Wüste ziehen und Jehova, unserem Gott, opfern, daß er uns nicht schlage mit der Pest oder mit dem Schwerte.

Dutch Bible 1917

Zij dan zeiden: De God der Hebreen is ons ontmoet; zo laat ons toch heentrekken, den weg van drie dagen in de woestijn, en den HEERE, onzen God, offeren, dat Hij ons niet overkome met pestilentie, of met het zwaard.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Zij zeiden: De God der Hebreën is ons verschenen! Wij moeten drie dagreizen ver de woestijn in, om Jahweh, onzen God, een offer te brengen; anders slaat Hij ons met de pest of het zwaard.

Italian Diodati Bible

Ed essi dissero: L'Iddio degli Ebrei ci ha scontrati; deh! lascia che noi andiamo tre giornate di cammino nel deserto, e che sacrifichiamo al Signore Iddio nostro ; che talora egli non si avventi sopra noi con pestilenza, o con la spada.

Douay-Rheims 1899

And they said: The God of the Hebrews hath called us, to go three days’ journey into the wilderness and to sacrifice to the Lord our God: lest a pestilence or the sword fall upon us.

Geneva Bible 1599

And they saide, We worship the God of the Ebrewes: we pray thee, let vs goe three daies iourney in the desert, and sacrifice vnto the Lord our God, least he bring vpon vs the pestilence or sword.

Danish Bible 1931

De svarede: “Hebræernes Gud har mødt os; tillad os nu at drage tre Dagsrejser ud i Ørkenen og ofre til HERREN. vor Gud, for at han ikke skal slå os med Pest eller Sværd!”

Leeser Tanakh

And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, a three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the Lord our God; lest he fall upon us with the pestilence, or with the sword.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

And they said: 'The God of the Hebrews hath met with us. Let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest He fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.'

King James Version

And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days’ journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.

King James Version + Apocrypha

And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days’ journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Môi-se và A-rôn tâu rằng: Đức Chúa Trời của dân Hê-bơ-rơ đã đến cùng chúng tôi; xin hãy cho phép chúng tôi đi vào nơi đồng vắng, cách chừng ba ngày đường, đặng dâng tế lễ cho Giê-hô-va Đức Chúa Trời chúng tôi, kẻo Ngài khiến bịnh dịch hay việc gươm dao hành chúng tôi chăng.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days’ journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the Lord our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.

Revised West Version

Pea naʻa na pehē, “Kuo hāʻele mai ʻae ʻOtua ʻoe kau Hepelū kiate kimautolu: ko ia ʻoku mau kole ai kiate koe, tuku ʻakimautolu ke mau ʻalu ki he toafa, ko e fonongaʻanga ʻoe ʻaho ʻe tolu, ke feilaulau kia Sihova ko homau ʻOtua; telia naʻa hoko ia kiate kimautolu ʻi he mahaki fakaʻauha pe ko e heletā.

French Ostervald Bible

Et ils dirent: Le Dieu des Hébreux est venu au-devant de nous; permets-nous d'aller le chemin de trois jours dans le désert, pour que nous sacrifiions à l'Éternel notre Dieu, de peur qu'il ne nous frappe par la peste ou par l'épée.

Esperanto Bible

Kaj ili diris: La Dio de la Hebreoj vokis nin; permesu, ke ni iru vojon de tri tagoj en la dezerton kaj ni alportu oferon al la Eternulo, nia Dio, por ke Li ne frapu nin per pesto aŭ glavo.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Ils dirent: Le Dieu des Hébreux nous est apparu. Permets-nous de faire trois journées de marche dans le désert, pour offrir des sacrifices à l’Éternel, afin qu’il ne nous frappe pas de la peste ou de l’épée.

German Luther Bible 1912

Sie sprachen: Der Hebräer Gott hat uns gerufen; so laß uns nun hinziehen drei Tagereisen in die Wüste und dem HERRN, unserm Gott, opfern, daß uns nicht widerfahre Pestilenz oder Schwert.

LXX2012 U. S. English

And they say to him, The God of the Hebrews has called us to him: we will go therefore a three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God, lest at any time death or slaughter happen to us.

British English Septuagint 2012

And they say to him, The God of the Hebrews has called us to him: we will go therefore a three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God, lest at any time death or slaughter happen to us.

Majority Standard BIble

“The God of the Hebrews has met with us,” they answered. “Please let us go on a three-day journey into the wilderness to sacrifice to the LORD our God, or He may strike us with plagues or with the sword.”

Webster Bible

And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice to the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.

Revised Version

And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days’ journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Ed essi dissero: “L’Iddio degli Ebrei si è presentato a noi; lasciaci andare tre giornate di cammino nel deserto per offrir sacrifizi all’Eterno, ch’è il nostro Dio, onde ei non abbia a colpirci con la peste o con la spada”.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Ils dirent : « Le Dieu des Hébreux est venu à notre rencontre. Permets-nous de faire trois jours de marche dans le désert, et d'offrir des sacrifices au SEIGNEUR, notre Dieu, de peur qu'il ne nous frappe par la peste ou par l'épée. »

Reina Valera 1909

Y ellos dijeron: El Dios de los Hebreos nos ha encontrado: iremos, pues, ahora camino de tres días por el desierto, y sacrificaremos á Jehová nuestro Dios; porque no venga sobre nosotros con pestilencia ó con espada.

Spanish BLL

Ellos le dijeron: “El Dios de los hebreos ha venido a nuestro encuentro. Por favor, déjanos ir tres días de camino al desierto para ofrecerle sacrificios a Yahvé, nuestro Dios, no sea que nos castigue con enfermedades o con la espada.”

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Dijeron: “El Dios de los hebreos se ha encontrado con nosotros. Por favor, permítenos ir tres días de camino al desierto para ofrecer sacrificios a Yahvé, nuestro Dios, no sea que nos castigue con peste o con espada.”

Croatian Bible

“Bog Hebreja objavio nam se”, rekoše. “Zato nas pusti da odemo tri dana hoda u pustinju i prinesemo žrtvu Jahvi, Bogu svome, da se na nas ne obori pomorom ili mačem.”

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

A oni rekoše: Bog jevrejski srete nas; molimo ti se da otidemo tri dana hoda u pustinju da prinesemo žrtvu Gospodu Bogu svom, da ne pošalje na nas pomor ili mač.

Targum Onkelos Etheridge

And they said, The God of the Jehudaee hath revealed Himself to us; let us now go three days’ journey into the desert to sacrifice before the Lord our God, lest He come upon us with death or with slaughter.

German Textbibel

Sie sprachen: Der Gott der Hebräer ist uns begegnet; laß uns also drei Tagereisen weit in die Steppe ziehen, um Jahwe, unserem Gott, Opfer zu bringen; sonst sucht er uns heim mit Pest oder Schwert.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

And they say to him, The God of the Hebrews has called us to him: we will go therefore a three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God, lest at any time death or slaughter happen to us.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ אֱלֹהֵ֥י הָעִבְרִ֖ים נִקְרָ֣א עָלֵ֑ינוּ נֵ֣לֲכָה נָּ֡א דֶּרֶךְ֩ שְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת יָמִ֜ים בַּמִּדְבָּ֗ר וְנִזְבְּחָה֙ לַֽיהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ פֶּ֨ן־יִפְגָּעֵ֔נוּ בַּדֶּ֖בֶר א֥וֹ בֶחָֽרֶב׃